Pg… 17 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Blight on the Land of Sunshine

Pg… 20 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Fighting Finale to a Political Campaign

Pg… 22 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Diplomatic Crescendo Brings Success for the West

Pg… 24 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Police Catch Up to the Bungled Bank Robbery in Ohio

Pg… 26 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Human Chain Hunts Lost Boy

Pg… 28 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Astral Visitation?Some Frenchmen Meet Unlikely Creatures

Pg… 35 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Moose Goes on the Loose

Pg… 25 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Horseshoe Centenary Produces a Spectacular Portrait

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 19 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The First Entirely New 1955 Cars

Pg… 30 EDITORIAL: The Campaign Issues?If Any

Pg… 103 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Rio: Portrait of a Startling City, Photographed for LIFE by Leonard McCombe

Pg… 112 ARTICLE: Vernon Pick's $10 Million Ordeal, by Robert Coughlan

Pg… 43 MEDICINE: A Baby's Heart is Mended

Pg… 51 ANIMALS: Haul for Biggest Fishbowl

Pg… 62 NIGHTCLUBS: Comics in the Dark

Pg… 69 FASHION: Well–Mixed Furs

Pg… 74 ART: Edouard Vuillard: a neglected painter of a gentle world regains his lost fame.

Pg… 81 EDUCATION: The Shortest Way to School

Pg… 87 MOVIES: A New Beauty for Bizet

Pg… 92 MODERN LIVING: Mathematics by the Yard

Pg… 98 BUSINESS: "Mr. Sheraton" Shops for Some Antiques

Pg… 6 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Hot Water Trick Makes Madman's World

Pg… 130 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes to a Victory Celebration

Pg… 132 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Nice Neck for a Knothole

Pg… 25 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Old Man Makes His Biggest Catch

Pg… 30 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Sorrowing Salerno?Death Revisits a City

Pg… 32 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Boy at Last?13 Sisters Get a Brother

Pg… 34 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Meet Dixon and Yates?Background on a Controversy

Pg… 39 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 45 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Debbie and Eddie Announce It

Pg… 52 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Peace Pipe for a Passing Premier

Pg… 63 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Bolivia Opens Sky–High Road

Pg… 137 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Warm and Welcome Visitor

Pg… 36 EDITORIAL: Toynbee and the Future

Pg… 78 PICTORIAL ESSAY: The World We Live In: Part XII, The Woods of Home, text by Lincoln Barnett, photographs by Gjon Mili, illustrations by Walter Linsenmaier

Pg… 155 ARTICLE: Onuoha and the Good People, by Robert Wallace

Pg… 57 TELEVISION: Dancing Chromosomes

Pg… 73 MOVIES: New Gestures for Old

Pg… 103 EDUCATION: Shapeup for a Venus

Pg… 109 THEATER: Neverland to Broadway

Pg… 119 ART: Picasso's Ponytail Period

Pg… 123 FASHION: 59 Years in Fashion

Pg… 131 SCIENCE: The Town that Hunts Bones

Pg… 147 SPORTS: A Lineman's Year

Pg… 6 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Foggy Forest on Mountain has Eerie Stage–Set Look

Pg… 168 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE'S Visit: A Family's Saturday Night

Pg… 176 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Night Flight in a Snowburst

Pg… 29 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Big Vote and a Close Finish

Pg… 36 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Speediest Seaplane Explodes in Flight

Pg… 38 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Snowy Uranium Rush in Alaska

Pg… 44 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Pogo Plane Goes Through Its Paces

Pg… 49 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Convocation of Notables

Pg… 50 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World

Pg… 63 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Great Scene, Great Moment

Pg… 65 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The March on Moscow

Pg… 103 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Tearless Funeral

Pg… 139 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Quarter–Billion Look for 1955 Chrysler

Pg… 157 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Assault on a Cake?a Marine Anniversary

Pg… 43 EDITORIAL: A Better Chance for Progress

Pg… 161 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: A Man of Mercy, Photographed for LIFE by W. Eugene Smith

Pg… 175 CLOSE–UP: The Man Who Revived Hope for Western Europe, by Emmet John Hughes

Pg… 53 MUSIC: Opera is Grand Again in Chicago

Pg… 59 MEDICINE: A "Gat" for Killing Cancer

Pg… 73 EDUCATION: Clusters of Classrooms

Pg… 83 SPORTS: Gusty Paradise for Sand Sailors

Pg… 151 SPORTS: Her Majesty's Horse

Pg… 89 MOVIES: Exquisite New Films from Japan

Pg… 93 INDUSTRY: Cookie Cutter Afloat

Pg… 113 FASHION: Legs in Show Girl Style

Pg… 117 NATURE: Gasp for Life: Texans Kill Unwanted Fish by Reducing Their Oxygen Intake

Pg… 120 MODERN LIVING: Big Outdoors on a 100–Foot Lot

Pg… 124 ANIMALS: The Great Liberchimpski

Pg… 133 ART: Tombstone Tracery

Pg… 143 THEATER: Love Walks in on Lizzie

Pg… 15 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 18 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: Lollobrigida Draws Key to Her Closet

Pg… 194 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes to the Debut of an Infanta

Pg… 200 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: How Now, Young Cow?

Pg… 33 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Bumper Year for Gun and Game Pg… 41 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A New Generation for the Supreme Court Pg… 42 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Fan and Foe Face Joe Pg… 44 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Murder Trial of the Year Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Wicked Wings?the Locusts Invade Morocco Pg… 49 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Show of New Hands?50,000 Become Citizens Pg… 50 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: New York’s Ticket–Fixing Racket Pg… 52 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Moby Dick is Missing Pg… 55 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: LIFE on the Newsfronts of the World Pg… 74 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Queen Mother is Hit of the Ball Pg… 129 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Gusty Gael Wins Windbag Title Pg… 133 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Okefenokee Dries Up Pg… 40 EDITORIALS: Moscow’s “Genial Reappraisal” Pg… 40 EDITORIALS: Stand Fast by Free China! Pg… 138 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: Ladylike and Learned, Photographed for LIFE by Esther Bubley Pg… 179 CLOSE–UP: It’s Easier to Make a Million than a Hundred Thousand, by Herbert Brean Pg… 95 ARTICLE: A Very Proper Swindle, by Robert Wallace Pg… 93 ANIMALS: Gaily Garbed Gobbling Pg… 120 ANIMALS: A Boom in Baby Burros Pg… 68 FASHION: The Ivy Look Heads Across U.S. Pg… 147 FASHION: Collection of Kudds for Galanos Pg… 76 THEATER: Author Leads His Actors Pg… 109 ART: Pots that Sing Pg… 160 ART: New Means for Moderns Pg… 113 TELEVISION: TV Rides the Rainbow Pg… 137 SCIENCE: Fair–Weather Fish Fryer Pg… 153 MUSIC: Last Rites for the Late Hot Lips Page Pg… 176 RELIGION: A Sect Anticipates Atomic Armageddon Pg… 197 MOVIES: A Big Year for Bonaparte Pg… 6 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: In 365 Snapshots Parents Show New Baby Every Day for a Year Pg… 202 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: LIFE Goes to a Four–Poster Party Pg… 208 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: A Deer in Double